Haunted House, Freaker's Ball and My First Sounders Game

Megan had invited me to go to the Haunted House, My Morbid Mind, on the Friday before Halloween.  I haven't been to a haunted house since 2006, when we went to the Haunted Palouse while at WSU.  I rallied and got a text message out to everyone I thought would be interested.  I invited Ben, someone I had gone out on a date with a few days ago.  I thought he would like to meet my friends and enjoy a haunted house as well.  What I didn't know is how interested he was in me and I wasn't sure how to handle it in front of my friends who know me in a certain way.  Eventually I got more used to it as the night went on.  Everyone got there and we had to wait for Lindsay because she worked until 9:30.  We all had beers and chatted for a bit.

Megan, Erin, Lindsay, Curtis, Nicole, me and Ben all made it to the haunted house in two cars.  We paid and stood in line for our turn.

The haunted house wasn't all that scary but more creepier than I had envisioned it.  It had a creepy doll room, a really cool black light paint room, a poo room and other random crazy rooms.  At the end was a guy with a chain saw, a lot of people screamed.

We went back to Megan's for more beer and to chill for a while and visit.  We watched some SNL videos, Megan showed us some wedding pictures and talked about Halloween.  I thanked everyone for coming out and I chatted with Ben out in the driveway for a bit.

The next day we met at Celeste's house to get ready to go to the Freaker's Ball at the Lake Lawrence Lodge.  I waited too long to get a costume so I was frantically trying to find one at the last minute.  I had some great ideas for costumes back in August but time just caught up to me.  I finally found one a few days before at Target.  I was going to be Leonardo from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.  A few years back I was Michaelangelo while in college.  I arrived at 5, after mom helped me get into my costume, it was made for a kid about an inch shorter than I was.  I had to be safety pinned in.  We chatted with Celeste's mom and dad and took a few pictures before being dropped off at the lodge.

We got there and immediately found what tables we were going to call home base.  We found Charlie and his family.  I found out he was related to people I had no idea he was related to.  Very small world.  There were some really creative costumes including Garth and Wayne from Wayne's World, Clark Kent, many pirates, zombies, nuns, clowns and others.  I was the only ninja turtle.  We ate food before all of it disappeared and we mingled and danced.  Eventually it got weird.  Nicole had way too much wine and we ended up taking care of her because she fell down a lot.  It wasn't even midnight yet and we all walked home, holding Nicole up.  It was very hard since she wore her costume.  She said many strange things that made us laugh and we both ended up with kisses just before we got her back to Celeste's house.  We took care of her and put her to bed.  Then Celeste and I chatted for a while.  It was a nice visit.  I drove home and went to bed.

Ben had asked me if I wanted to go to a Sounder's game with him and his best friend Mike Sunday evening.  I had never been to one so I was very stoked to attend one.  I met them at the train station in Puyallup but the train never came. Ben wore a Where's Waldo outfit because it was almost Halloween and just to see how many people would notice.  Ben gave me a Sounders scarf to wear to the game.  I smiled.  We jumped into Mike's car and headed to the Tukwila station.  We got out tickets and waited for the Link.  According to Mike, we would have about a half hour before the game and we may or may not make it to the march.  The march is several thousand Sounder's fans meet at Occidental Park and Drew Carey gets them pumped up.  Then they all head towards the stadium chanting Sounder's songs.  There are signs, scarfs, banners, beer and lots of excitement.  Sadly, we did not make the march this time.

We went to Temple Billiards for some beer before the game.  We ordered two pitchers of Mack and Jacks and had less than a half hour to drink them.  I have never drank that much that fast ever.  I ended up having three pints of beer, Ben and Mike had about six.  It hit me when we were in line to get into the game.  I was officially drunk.  We got inside and we sat in the 253 Defiance section which was behind the south end goals.  They had chats, flags and songs, we were clapping and I don't think we even sat down.  Technically we weren't suppose to be in that area but Mike and Ben knew most of the people around us.  I learned the songs fairly quickly.  It wasn't just a soccer game it was epic!  We played the LA Galaxy and the game ended up in a tie.  That was our third date and I knew I definitely liked him.

We got back on the train and Mike drove us back to the train station.  I told Ben I had a great time and if I had to give back the scarf or not.  He said no, that is yours to have because we will be going to more in the future.  I thanked him for inviting me and he and Mike drove off.  I went home as well.  It was quite the weekend and I look forward to hang out with him some more in the future.

Next Adventure:  Caching in Vancouver, Wash.